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Accession Data:

Araucaria araucana K.Koch

  • sect. Araucaria

  • Common Name: Pehuén, Monkey-puzzle
  • Family: Araucariaceae Henkel & Hochst.

  • Country of Origin: SC. Chile to Argentina (Neuquén)
  • Habitat: lower slopes of south-central Andes

  • Description: Patagonian Andean forests
  • USDA Zone: 7b-10b

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200800091
  • Source: Chad Husby - FIU
  • Accession Date: 07-25-2008
  • Bench: 3110 - EVO: Tropical Conifers & Ginkgo
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-21-2023
  • Restrictions:
    • IUCN Red List: Endangered Species
    • CITES Appendix I Listed Plant - Plants are not to leave Greenhouse!

Classification:

  • Division: Pinophyta
  • Class: Pinopsida
  • SubClass: Pinidae
  • Order: Araucariales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Araucariaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • Gymnosperms & Gnetophytes
  • IUCN Redlist Endangered Species
  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Argentina South / Chile Central / Chile South

References (external):

  1. Image #00 (cropped), #1 & #2 (originals) courtesy of Chad Husby
  2. Wikipedia
  3. Musial, Kathy; An Introduction to the Geography, Climate, and Flora of Chile; Pacific Horticulture, October 2011. Accessed 20 March 2015.
  4. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, September 07, 2017.
  5. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Thursday, September 07, 2017.
  6. Premoli, A., Quiroga, P. & Gardner, M. 2013. Araucaria araucana. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T31355A2805113. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T31355A2805113.en. Last accessed on Monday, 01 April, 2019.

data regenerated on Tue, 21 Feb 2023 15:15:21 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Araucaria araucana

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Current Accessions in the Araucariaceae

  • Agathis moorei
  • Agathis robusta
  • Araucaria araucana
  • Araucaria cunninghamii
  • Araucaria heterophylla
  • Araucaria hunsteinii
  • Araucaria nemorosa
  • Wollemia nobilis
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